Buoy.



E. E TAGGART.

BUOY. APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1908.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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ELMER E. TAGGART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 2, 1908.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Serial No. 441,546.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER- E. TAGGART, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Im provement in Buoys, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to that class of buoys in which a lantern or other lighting means is provided, by which the buoy may be more easily sighted at night or in thick weather, and the object of the invention is to provide means supported by the buoy exteriorly thereto for carrying the supply of gas or other illuminant, with means for raising the same independently of the buoy to recharge or replenish the supply, and means for preventing fouling of the supply receptacle with the anchor chain of the buoy.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show an approved form of the invention.

Figure 1 is a side view of a buoy equipped in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in both figures.

A is a can-buoy of cylindrical shape with conical ends, having an upwardly extending pipe or standard A on which is a lantern A which for the purposes of this description may be understood to contain a gas burner supplied through the pipe A The buoy is anchored as usual by an anchor-chain A attached to a swivel A at the lower end of the buoy.

From the lower portion of the buoy extends an arm B stiffened by braces B and having at its outer end an eye B from which a receptacle or tank C is suspended by means of a chain B The tank may be understood to contain gas under pressure which is conveyed to the lantern A through the flexible hose 0 extending from a nozzle or outlet C on the tank to a lateral branch A of the pipe A The hose is equipped at short intervals with rings or hands D from which extend short ties D connecting to the arm B and chain B to support the hose and cause it to follow the general direction of the arm and chain in the movements of these parts as the buoy is moved by wind and water currents. E is a chain or flexible connection from the eye C on the top of the tank to an eye A on the upper portion of the buoy by which the tank may be drawn to the surface for recharging and again lowered for service.

Buoys of this character are usually equipped with storage space or generating apparatus in the'body of the buoy, and as the latter is generally large and unwieldy the recharging is sometimes a difiicult operation, and by reason of the swinging and torsional movements of the buoy and consequent liability of a flexible hose to become entangled with the anchor-chain it is impractical to supply the lantern by such means from a reservoir or generator on shore. The present invention is designed to overcome these objections. The submerged tank may be readily drawn to the surface and recharged or a previously filled tank substituted. The action of the tide and other currents tends to drive the tank and its hose away from the anchorchain and prevent fouling.

I claim 1. A buoy adapted to carry a light, a su ply tank for such light suspended from t e outer surface of said buoy and arranged to be raised and lowered independently of the latter, and a pipe connectlng said tank to said buoy.

2. A buoy adapted to carry a light, a sup ply tank for such light, a lateral projection on the exterior of said buoy, means for supporting said tank from said projection, and a pipe connecting said tank .to said buoy.

3. A buoy adapted to carry a light, a supply tank for such light, a lateral projection on the exterior of said buoy, flexible means for supporting said tank from said projection, and a flexible pipe connecting said tank to said buoy.

4. A buoy ada ted to carry a light, a supply tank for suchli ht, a lateral projection on the exterior of saic buoy, flexible means for supporting said tank from said projection, a flexible pipe connecting said tank and buoy, and means for raising said tank independently of said buoy.

5. A buoy having a lantern, a supply pipe in said buoy leading to said lantern, an arm projecting from the exterior of said buoy, a gas-supply tank suspended from said arm, a

flexible pipe connecting said tank to said supplfy pibple, connfeetions from saig alrm to ence of two Witnesses. said exi e i e or su ortin t e atter, I and flexible nibz t ns attaeiiifd to sgid tank and ELMER TAGGART' 5, to said buoy whereby said tank may be raised i Vitnesses: independently of said buoy. LOWELL V. BALDWIN,

In testimony that I claim the invention CHARLES R. SEARLE.

above set forth I afiix my signature, in pres- 

